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“...Dae Se th ; HI Girls Pounding and Grinding Corn at Ribé - 150 Rea 1) Wi lie odes Children - 5 TBE a i | i ee ent nee Pir aauaeyag seats Rey. J. F. Hughes, Mrs. Hughes, and Rev. : a Tt Group of Children, Mazeras - ‘ - 179 E. D. L. Thompson - a e - 170 a ee Pea rs ee ai a Group of Free Methodists, Ningpo - - aay Mr. Railton Yiien, M.A. - - : - 177 = t 4 | | Interior of Mission House, Golbanti - - - 163. River Londiniat - - - - = ENT HE it ut ; Japanase Ladies in Double Jinrikishas - - 39 Sceneonthe UpperTana- - - - - 24 me hs ha Mazeras Band - < = B = - 98 Shih-p’u, China - - - - - - 118 a: i i ial Mazeras, View from ‘Mission House - - --134 View of Creek from Native Jomvu - = = 161 me lhhicw ee so hak Missionary Life in the Bush - 3 5 - 129 Wenchow City Chapel - - = = = SG a SS i i, ‘ Mi-Ao, near Wenchow - - - - - 22 Wenchow District Meeting - - = - 53 - i a ae me a md te eg ee aia 1 Hie Wee (| v= Vii hl i f HY ie ea a) We 5 i rae Hee a te Hak =. i eB His ee...”
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“...speciality of the proposed Series is that oe mi ap : himself what further he can do to promote the mission will be represented, and its history will ee | i i Wear © great cause of Missions—which is emphatically be brought up to date. The other contents will Br the cause of Christ. There are some things every be of varied character, and will prove, I trust, = ee BE ; 55 5 fe 7 7 ~ o . ia A lover of the Lord may with great propriety both interesting and useful. May He whose SI a He _tesolve upon. Why should we not resolve, glory we seek bless the readers of the Mea as ee : : es Missionary Ecuo and their well-wisher, me ee Verein: (2) Fo take greater interest in missions, BB, ae - Tur Eptror. = it in PRR 3 (2) Zo pray more for missions, = Ht j i 2 (3) Zo give more to missions? So Jo Is there not a cause for urging this last ; ti \ : particular? The Rey. E. D. Green, our mission- PRAYER IN THE STORM. = ‘t ti | ad ia : : 2 < . ih er | i! eee a = ee ee Lorp, let me find my...”
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“...before pjackboard with tolerable readiness and Very fair i! lh | I have finished, to tell quite a different story. expression. Much yet remains to be done, but Hil i 3 But first I want to say a word or two about who knows? The rash prophecy of a Galla choir i Hh another type of African natives, viz.: the in Exeter Hall may yet come to fulfilment.” Hi | Wapokomo. Among these interesting people at MR. PHILLIPSON'S MISSIONARY TOURS. iH ; one time our own mission did a little work, but Mr. Phillipson has initiated a method of / i | as another mission had entered the field, it was evangelization from which much is hoped. Some i { decided to confine our efforts in this neighbour- accounts of his missionary travels have already } i i | hood to the evangelization of the Gallas. appeared. Under the heading “ Planting the i | | i : Hi TA ie e a ;...”
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“...concerning this new custom, which the white JAMAICA. } ! | man was so anxious to introduce, but it must be I have received a letter from the Rev. F. | \ i | clearly understood that their mode of life should Bavin, in which he intimates that all the mission i | | Hl not be disturbed by it. I thought to myself, staff are well. Referring to an account of her NHR “You cannot help it if the Word once gets into voyage to Jamaica, by Miss Copestake, which i ‘| ’ the heart.” appears in this month’s Ecuo, he says that it A Thus a few days were spent in establishing a was written by her at Christ Church, on the eve i) | l fe new cause in the country, and in preaching the of her wedding day. “She has come out to Meat Gospel of Christ. i Jamaica to join our mission circle, and share the li i | 5 I felt exceedingly joyous; it is somehow a joys and labours of a missionary’s life. The child wl | different joy, or differs in degree, when one sees Of a godly home, a member and beloved worker i : ! ; in a country...”
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“...one with any knowledge of the facts can In the “Free Methodist” of November 24th, s 4 i Hi pretend that the circulation of the MISSIONARY there was a very pertinent contribution on the : hi fi li th Ecuo is what it ought to be; it is far other- subject of Wea i wise. - We do not desire a larger circulation ‘THE NEED FOR MISSIONARY COLLECTORS.” ee hie | for the sake of profit, but that Our friends may By the courtesy of the Editor of that journal, S ii | | | know what is being done on our mission SaOns: we have much pleasure in reproducing it. = in Pe and” thus “come to -know the eee aes “The consideration of the pressing need of our 3 i ae of our? work, and the | privileges and Missionary Fund calls for earnest prayer and a ig responsibilities of their Christian discipleship. deep thought, . followed by practical effort. : Wi ra | No Christian can disregard the wands of Say While “keeping down expenses, beings more — hi ( webout ergot ec CUS een eee ee My careful of missionary money...”
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“...present mis- a i sion premises, in Ningpo, will long remain a BY MISS J. F. COPESTAKE (NOW MRS. HALL). Be ai noble monument to the splendid work done by ~ Dr. Swallow and those so loyally associated with Peas = i fo a ae ee Bees who AM leaving home for a strange land, We ele os Ea on oe ? oe we ae eee | bound for Jamaica, 5,000 miles ‘across = ae HE i or rejoicing when God makes up His Jeers: the sea, where I hope to be used by | Tee Dr. Jones Aoi e graduate of London, of gracious God in the great mission field. From “ ie i | spirit, of deep Oe Oe and a childhood a Methodist, associated with the ae he apa cultured equipment. . He follows no garden New Connexion Church at Old Basford, = u mussionary, nor does he succeed to an ordinary Nottingham, I received many farewell tokens on : Hie ay i position ; but, like the one he succeeds, his faith the eve of my’ departure. I bade farewell to my Bia i i 's In God, in the living God! old friends. and home with many regrets; they = He il i Dr. Jones has...”
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“...to be at the mission before noon. , / i shadowland of night, and the mission children In the picturesque little barray that did duty ; a ge were trooping down to the waterside for their as church and school—a simple building with a Wa morning bath. : palm-thatched roof supported on posts, and an iii HN On the Kasamma Mission that day, morning open trellis-work instead of walls and windows— i ii Z prayer, breakfast, and school work followed in pencils were scratching on slates, subdued voices Hi their usual daily order; but with an unusual were humming lessons, yet it was easy to see that 3 | | infusion of excitement. Governor Jackson, from neither Tom Jennings nor his native assistants i" Sierra Leone, was visiting the Protectorate, on were then expecting serious attention from the nh \ a tour of inspection, and on his way to visit fifty pupils assembled. / } 1 Mansu, the territorial chief, had promised to call The excitement came and went in waves. At Wi Ht at the mission and review the...”
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“...lundo! a : ise—bu ee een a it rent the air, if valley, at : 4 : 1ell the no Bn iy auUt welling across the rowd was near. hiefs, hoping to qu ie WastGned: = hel ii Boys Came:s arma told the crow a nce .ap-. ©? time before quiet a ow took charge Be | | x i] blare “of: wath ji exuberar some tive teacher n a te iPbEE are 0 1 of. Mendi t time leading native children to : da ee fit - storm-cloud 1 in a shor The leading bmitted the , Ce EE The s ission gates, anc ld chool, and su ; formed Be i | 1 the mission gates, kson cou f the school, i bjects that ea et: ached the f Sir Norman Jac 7 0 : various subje Oats i § Hae 2s stalwart form of a nok hammock and test lessons ae. This section of the Ne Ba ae a A 1 discardec ich point the syllabus. ; age, and ; Bake fat: | 1e eh whic I art of 2S; Mendi languag ? ‘ z or oe ee be seen as trance, at pa n the Me . inter- ae Fee tt h-the entra ae nducted i ting as : a PERC Dg ougn Sad was Cor ? : m, acting e Sei t in pea Ht walked thr = lv in waiting. the * y ...”
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“...| i eee f 1) il Te | ; ; NA THE FALLS OF KASAMMA. 13 i He AT i applause than Sir Norman at that moment sus- is to be the future queen of 'Damballa, and | : | iL pected. | Somehow, even the three slaves ap- everything that happens to her within the mission | i | peared to know that, for their eyes brightened is being jealously watched by certain of Mansu’s HH ||| } strangely as the child stepped back into her people. I have sometimes an uncomfortable i Hi | place. impression that Mansu himself would rejoice if i) | i Without further interruptions the lessons now something happened to her, so that the question | i He went eagerly forward. Time and space were of succession might be complicated, and thus i} 1 ) forgotten while the Sierra Leone administrator, afford him an excuse to lay his hand upon that HI | i | side by side with a little company of Mendi sweet bit of country. Yesia is popular among / H children, explored the mystic borderland of the children, and by her pleasant manner has...”
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“...H ae a | Hi Aq were provided for such sub-chiefs and headmen When the Governor reached his own quarters | Hh a ath : as were entitled to a place in the ‘palaver. Mansu’s people had commenced their feasting, 1 ca This was not the time for serious discussion: and the heathen jubilation was carried on | i ' ‘ HV a | that would come to-morrow. This was the hour through the night to the small hours: of the ie Vt i) of salutations and greetings—a matter that can morning. At eight o'clock, when the mission i itt fea he ii be taken up with great unction and formality, bell rang for evening prayers the gaiety was in hae Hi i and a certain pompous display by native chiefs full blast. Drums were quivering under the Hi ‘e il l who are in a position to make display. rapid beat of the players, crowds were dancing : 1 ie The exchange of presents took a long time, round the excited drummers; while the weird ae ae lI and was accompanied with much oratory. It dance-song rose and fell to the accompaniment...”
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“...and Mrs. Wakefield were kindly enter- departures it is the first step that counts. . ANE tained, and Dado was not overlooked. _ Bishop “Many people are tossed all their lives on i i Tozer had left word that the whole of the mis- - a sea of doubt and misgiving for want of a || | sionary party should be received into the Mission real new birth.”—PAGET. : Hh House, of which he was the head. Drummond’s sermon on ‘“ Marvel Not,” in Hl es Zanzibar is not considered a healthy place, but «The Ideal Life,’ will be found helpful. i to the African boy the climate was congenial, and ; ; Hi i his health improved. In connection with the January Sth.— Matthew's Message : the pro- i i mission there were forty-seven black boys, who mised Messiah.—Matt. xxi. 111. WH had all been slaves, but while they were being Another monthly series on the books of tl _ brought to Zanzibar to be sold by public auction, the New Testament. Study the introduction aii i they had been captured and released by British to this Gospel...”
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“...Uh i THE TWO STANDARDS. our home Churches, Mr. Sharrocks, of Salford. : = We Hr | Even among those who do give some measure We can imagine what a délightful experience this | Se a He i of consideration to this great and urgent pro- meeting would be. We shall hope to hear some- os ye iat blem there are two standards of obligation. One thing from Mr. Sharrocks, on his return home, | med Wee) standard for the missionary and one for the about his visit and about our mission. | Hg Pe Be) ordinary stay-at-home Christian. The mission- DR. JONES. : Hye Hae ary must, of course, deny himself, expect and In consequence of a dense fog, the s.s. “ Mon- lf i cl accept hardship, and be joyfully content, without — golia,” by which Dr. Jones is travelling to China, : Ih q tie i not a few of the things which those at home did not sail till the day following the one : Ki § i i count a necessity. But by whose authority are announced, viz., December 24th, instead of SS Uf 1 these things demanded from the missionary...”
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“...darkness and were all scattered about as a kind of intimidation, | We sickness around. A new ward for women has or at least a dubious welcome. I was advised | | ie been opened. It is hoped that the new hospital not to go into the village, but I did not like to . qa i will be built during the coming year. give up the idea, at least until I had seen the i i Ht The good work carried on in the new College people, so I went on and came to the shop which | : i ‘& is also an important branch of our mission work. had just been damaged. The people were all i ik i Many of the students come from the homes of the standing around in an open space, so I spoke to Hl | i upper class, and if these young men can be won them and held a short service in which I exhorted | \ | & | to Christ they will have a good and powerful them not to persecute the Christians, but to | iH ) / : | influence on a large circle of educated people. believe the Gospel. No doubt many of them had “Hl i | \¢ We all wish Mr. Chapman...”
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“...= = eee : s eT ean SoS ee ee eee ae ES Pa eee is De at a — HO ete Wt ‘ Pay | at Pa 26 THE FALLS OF KASAMMA. / A eb } } alll He heathen land, in strange contrast to the barbarous could recall having seen her within the town | ais evil: uproar from Mansu’s town, across the valley. walls. Between the mission and her destination, i Hh a Having read the Scripture portion, Tom knelt in which was not half a mile away, she had un. Wea i aH the midst of them and lifted his white face to accountably disappeared. There was a vague i be ( i | pray. impression concerning Butu that he had gone out ' ik te Dee It was a terrible struggle. Appropriate words to a neighbouring faki (farm village), to visit ee He BH seemed to freeze on his lips, and there was no some friends; there was, however, no satisfactory Ne OE fire in his heart to melt them. Cruel imagina- confirmation of this. | 3 Hi a i Bae tions peopled the chambers of his brain, yet there Tom’s first struggle on ascertaining the position me es a...”
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“...= a ha Poteet eet mane Se ese i : BEL —_ Sear = , WA = A | He THE FALLS OF KASAMMA. 27 i) | a : : J i he dared not utter, yet were already formed in The Kasamma Mission was a sad place that | | i his own mind. night. When Tom returned his own messengers Hi i: To his surprise the chief was effusively anxious met him with the sorrowful news that they could i | i Z to send out searchers. He had anticipated reluc- obtain neither clue nor tidings in the neat fakies | ! He Bo i 3 Pa they had visited. They had, as instructed, | We tance and delay: instead Mansu himself. under- 3 HTN 4 arranged with the hunters to beat the surround- i) [| Hes took to forthwith despatch runners through the ing forest as soon as the dawn permitted—their i} il} We surrounding country to find the wanderers. The fear now turning from men to wild beasts, which i) i | Whe Z young missionary knew how Mendi chiefs could \yere numerous in the bush. : | / i masquerade—how apt they were at feigning ; but Sleepless and distressed...”
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“...while the others knit tion of the evangelical faith, but points out what Se | or sew. Miss Whymper here provides readings can be done, and ought to be done, in the home, = Pe HE for such occasions. Having read them all, I can the Sunday School, the Bible class, by lessons, By iL truly say that they are admirably fitted for the leaflets and lectures. He finally appeals to the | | Pp Pe purpose intended. They refer to many parts of National Federation of Free Churches, an exist- | ie Fee: | the mission field: India, China, Persia, Uganda, ing institution which supplies all the necessary ; = i ia Wie Madagascar, and other places all pass under machinery for effective dealing with the nation | a) if ABE 6 review. The information supplied is quite up toon this great question. I have been much oS eel He date, and is given in a clear, interesting style. impressed with this book, which I have read with = ir if i i Some of the papers are in the form of dialogues, much approval. I should be glad if...”
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“...Society organized a week of self-denial, °V¢T all is our Master Christ, who has given us ma ie if Baus resulting in the collection of £5 9s. 8d., which Ur Place and mission in His cause. Feeble Ga = ie ON Gai was spent in assisting the poor at Christmas. The ™@Y seem the units, yet the Leader knows their = ae Hl i Sunshine Committee at Higher Openshaw gave anes value. eo their oe a Hee ii biti a treat to 130 poor children, consisting of a (®20UF anc prayers no less than 175,000 members ea supper and entertainment, with addresses by the have been added to the Churches during the past me ice any Rev. H. Hooks and Sister Louise. At Hudders- Ye! alone. There ATE LOW Over 3,822,300 men ss Hie field, the Mount Tabor United Methodist Free €t; besides a million and a-half in kindred Be Ht Church Society conducted a week’s mission, S0cieties bearing other names. Let us be thank- ae ah i which resulted in an outpouring of the Holy ‘ul that in the hour of the Church's need God i "i habe Ve Spirit...”
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“...barren, sandy Hl : : . Bis el BM CaS THRE MO OE NSS AYE Re DEE ERED IE ERENT ASEM pd Ga aT ea ae 5 Hehe i tion that the |e sei simsy On oures mun an ca Side oes | land, with only Ha term “dark” |g ee eee) eee eeeetecds | i qrgagamas)| bere and there il ' E can no longer See eens) a spot suitable i 1 be applied, for habitation. A but rather oe New House at Ribe—back view. Such is not | vk ‘ should it be the case. a i : called the “Continent cf the Dawn.” Already Standing on the verandah of the mission house, I iH there are signs of the glorious future that awaits at Mazeras, it is possible to see for many Me the country if man’s greed for gold will not miles in every direction, and everywhere the land Hi Hh hinder the working of God’s plan. is fair as the garden of the Lord. Hill and ye Mombasa, the chief town of British East valley and plain are covered with a luxuriant ie Africa, ranks among the first towns of the con- verdure of tree and shrub. In the forest we find Hi 1 tinent. Viewed...”
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“...childlike in their habits, but they possess their simple church with palm leaves and flowers. S| i ee some virtues which ate missing at home. Their The feeling of all seemed to be summed up in | hy \ wants are few, and their lives are frugal. They the statement of one who mustered a few words | 8 i i i : ; toil hard, in a broiling sun, in their gardens of of English to say, “Christmas to-morrow.” Later a ba Halt Hea Indian corn. Their huts are made of makuti, in the evening the children came to the mission : ae Hi He formed from the leaves of the cocoanut. Simple house and sang their Christmas carols. As they =| PE ii though he be, the African is not without his pos- sang “O come, all ye faithful,” our minds were Hh lf Bit sibilities. We have met many who are nature’s, carried back to the plains of Bethlehem, and the a a Hee i nay, God’s, gentlemen. We have talked with message to the shepherds seemed emphasized: a ia i Ne some who have shown that a negro’s brain is “Good tidings of great joy, which...”
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“...settlement | i aH WERE aise ait Thirty-eight students, whole building occupied. Sot 2 1 aa ee be ? / : : and city churches, conducted by Mrs. Heywood nee fee I Average attendance, thirty-three—an improve- : 5 hae Re G1 : ; 3 and Miss Abercrombie. Attendance at these aa a BBB ment. Students have been industrious, and ‘¢ : ; Ha Ma RB essa os : meetings very good. Work very encouraging. | ae Wee discipline good. In addition to daily prayers and : yy. ‘ s Hi ie HERR EH = 3 2 : fie ey Presbyterian mission lady, on hearing the number } Be Rey Hane: Rete tal bi-weekly instruction in the Scriptures, a a ie : ; ee i Vee i 4 i j attending these meetings, asked Miss Aber- oe Hie HRER Re C Y.M.C.A. has been commenced with the object Tene : ; | a iy eee ea , Ee 3 crombie, ‘What do you give the women to induce ee ary PRE dl of developing the spiritual life of the boys. These |, age 3 ‘i : ee week Gel Daas ; : ; them to attend your meetings?’ On Miss Aber- oe ad eR eto tl meetings are regarded as a very...”